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**## HUM5010Week6FinalPaper.docx**
Week 6 – Final Paper
My Future as a Human Services Professional
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 13, 14 and the epilogue from your text,
[The generalist model: Where do the micro and macro converge?Links to an external site.](http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/203/198) and
[Self-care in the world of empirically supported treatmentsLinks to an external site.](http://ct.counseling.org/2015/05/self-care-in-the-world-of-empirically-supported-treatments/). Your final paper should identify and analyze a specific need identified by a community.
Your summative assessment will require you to reflect on your future as a human services professional. In your paper, you must comprehensively address the following:
· Evaluate your career selection that was made in Week 1.
· What populations do you want to serve and in what capacity?
· What type of organization do you want to be working for in the future (or now if you plan to stay with your organization as you advance)?
· Appraise the past, current, and future societal issues facing the human services profession with your chosen population and organization.
· Evaluate a minimum of one historical issue related to your population.
· What current challenges might your clients face and how might this impact your organization as well as your work?
· What future societal issues might your clients and organization face?
· Evaluate how you might perform your role in this field.
· How might you be supervised?
· What might your working relationships be with your colleagues?
· How will you maintain healthy boundaries with clients?
· What other services might your organization offer and how might these services interact with yours.
· Assess the impact that the community will have on your clients and organization?
· How will you work to serve your clients within the community?
· How do you think you will have an impact on the global needs in terms of the population you have chosen to serve?
· Compare the human services organization where you currently work or might work with a similar human services organization that serves the same population.
· Outline the similarities and differences, evaluating which is more of an effective model of a human services agency.
The My Future as a Human Services Professional final paper
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**Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s** [**_APA Style_ Links to an external site.**](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/apa-style)
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**Must include a separate title page with the following:**
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**Title of paper (bold and with a space between the title and the rest of the information)**
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**Student’s name, followed by institution name**
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**Course name and number**
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**Instructor’s name**
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**Date submitted**
· Must utilize academic voice. See the
[_Academic Voice_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/academic-voice) resource for additional guidance.
· Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
· For assistance on writing
[_Introductions & Conclusions_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/introductions-conclusions) as well as
[_Writing a Thesis Statement_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/writing-a-thesis), refer to the Writing Center resources.
· Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
· The
[_Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources_ Links to an external site.](https://content.bridgepointeducation.com/curriculum/file/e5359309-7d3c-4a21-a410-44d59303ccef/1/Scholarly%20Peer-Reviewed%20and%20Other%20Credible%20Sources.pdf) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
· To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this
[_Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty_ Links to an external site.](https://ashford.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Ashford+University+Library+Quick+%27n%27+Dirty/0_bcsbcjee) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
· Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s
[_APA: Citing Within Your Paper_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/citing-within-your-paper)
· Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the
[_APA: Formatting Your References List_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/format-your-reference-list) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
**## HUM5010Week6FinalPaper.docx**
Week 6 – Final Paper
My Future as a Human Services Professional
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 13, 14 and the epilogue from your text,
[The generalist model: Where do the micro and macro converge?Links to an external site.](http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/203/198) and
[Self-care in the world of empirically supported treatmentsLinks to an external site.](http://ct.counseling.org/2015/05/self-care-in-the-world-of-empirically-supported-treatments/). Your final paper should identify and analyze a specific need identified by a community.
Your summative assessment will require you to reflect on your future as a human services professional. In your paper, you must comprehensively address the following:
· Evaluate your career selection that was made in Week 1.
· What populations do you want to serve and in what capacity?
· What type of organization do you want to be working for in the future (or now if you plan to stay with your organization as you advance)?
· Appraise the past, current, and future societal issues facing the human services profession with your chosen population and organization.
· Evaluate a minimum of one historical issue related to your population.
· What current challenges might your clients face and how might this impact your organization as well as your work?
· What future societal issues might your clients and organization face?
· Evaluate how you might perform your role in this field.
· How might you be supervised?
· What might your working relationships be with your colleagues?
· How will you maintain healthy boundaries with clients?
· What other services might your organization offer and how might these services interact with yours.
· Assess the impact that the community will have on your clients and organization?
· How will you work to serve your clients within the community?
· How do you think you will have an impact on the global needs in terms of the population you have chosen to serve?
· Compare the human services organization where you currently work or might work with a similar human services organization that serves the same population.
· Outline the similarities and differences, evaluating which is more of an effective model of a human services agency.
The My Future as a Human Services Professional final paper
·
**Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s** [**_APA Style_ Links to an external site.**](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/apa-style)
·
**Must include a separate title page with the following:**
·
**Title of paper (bold and with a space between the title and the rest of the information)**
·
**Student’s name, followed by institution name**
·
**Course name and number**
·
**Instructor’s name**
·
**Date submitted**
· Must utilize academic voice. See the
[_Academic Voice_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/academic-voice) resource for additional guidance.
· Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
· For assistance on writing
[_Introductions & Conclusions_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/introductions-conclusions) as well as
[_Writing a Thesis Statement_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/writing-a-thesis), refer to the Writing Center resources.
· Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
· The
[_Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources_ Links to an external site.](https://content.bridgepointeducation.com/curriculum/file/e5359309-7d3c-4a21-a410-44d59303ccef/1/Scholarly%20Peer-Reviewed%20and%20Other%20Credible%20Sources.pdf) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
· To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this
[_Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty_ Links to an external site.](https://ashford.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Ashford+University+Library+Quick+%27n%27+Dirty/0_bcsbcjee) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
· Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s
[_APA: Citing Within Your Paper_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/citing-within-your-paper)
· Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the
[_APA: Formatting Your References List_ Links to an external site.](http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/format-your-reference-list) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.